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IkERONAUTICS  OR  AERIAL 
NAVIGATION 

A  List  of  Books 
and  References  to  Periodicals 

in  the 
Brooklyn  Public  Library 


Published  by 
THE  BROOKLYN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

Brooklyn,  New  York 
1909 


AERONAUTICS  OR  AERIAL 
NAVIGATION 

A  List  of  Books 
and  References  to  Periodicals 

in  the 
Brooklyn  Public  Library 


Published  by 

THE  BROOKLYN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

Brooklyn,  New  York 

1909 


AERONAUTICS  OR  AERIAL 
NAVIGATION. 


This  list  includes  the  books  and  a  selection  from  recent 
periodical  literature  on  this  subject  in  the  Brooklyn  Public 
Library. 

For  the  most  recent  developments  in  aeronautics,  the 
current  issues  of  the  magazines  and  technical  journals, 
especially  the  SCIENTIFIC  AMERICAN  and  SCIENTIFIC  AMERICAN 
SUPPLEMENT,  should  be  consulted  by  means  of  the  Readers' 
guide  to  periodical  literature. 

SCHEME  OF  ARRANGEMENT. 

I.     BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 

II.     BOOKS.     (Arranged  alphabetically  by  authors.) 

(a)  Popular  works. 

(b)  Scientific  and  technical  works. 

(c)  Fiction. 

III.     References  to  periodicals,  1905-08.     (Arranged  alphabetically 
by  authors.) 


I.     BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 

Adler,  C.  Partial  bibliography  relating  to  aerial  locomotion,  (fn 
National  Geographic  Mag.,  v.  18,  p.  33-34;  appendix 
B  to  Bell's  " Aerial  locomotion.") 

Arranged  by  authors;  concludes  with  list  of  articles  on  aeronautics 
published  by  Smithsonian  Institution,  1863-1904. 

Answer  to  Lieut. -Col.  Scrivin's  inquiry  on  aeronautics.  T.  Nel- 
son &  Sons'  Reseach  Bureau  for  Special  Information. 

Ref. 

3 

19G109 


Brockhaus,  F.  A.,  ed.      Konversations-lexicon    (1898).      Brief 
bibliography  to  article  Luftschiffahrt,  v.  n. 

Ref.G033B86 

Chatley,  H.     (In  his  Problem  of  flight.     1907.     p.  113-114.) 

533C49 

^Encyclopaedia  Britannica.     Brief  bibliography  to  article  Aero- 
nautics, v.  i.    ("Most  important  works  "  up  to  1871.) 

Ref.032E56 

Meyer,  H.  J.     Grosses  konversations-lexicon  (1902-1909).     Bib- 
liography to  article  Luftschiffahrt,  v.  12. 

Ref.G033M6lKo 

Nelson's  encyclopaedia.    A  few  titles  given  under  article  Balloon. 

Ref.03lN43 

New    international    encyclopaedia.        Bibliography     to     article 
Aeronautics.  Ref.031I6lGi 

New  York  Public  Library  Bulletin,  v.  XII.,  No.  n,  Nov.,  1908. 
List  of  works  relating  to  aeronautics,  p.  628-643. 

Ref. 

Salem  (Mass.)  Public  Library  Bulletin.     Reading  List  on  aerial 
navigation.     Nov.,  1907.  Ref. 

+"''  Turner,  C.  C.     Aeronautical  bibliography.    (In  his  Aerial  Navi- 
gation of  to-day.     1910.     p.  320-21.)  533T94 
Selected  list  with  some  annotations. 

Turner,  C.  H.    ( In  his  Astra  castra.)    "  Books  hitherto  published 
on  aerostation."    p.  463  ff.  Ref.533T95 

"A   list  of   books   and   papers  on  aeronautics  which  seems  fairly 
complete  up  to  the  date  1864." — Encyc.  Brit. 


II.     BOOKS. 

(a)  Popular  Works. 

Aero  Club  of  America.     Navigating  the  air.    New  York,  1907. 

533A25 

A  collection  of  short  articles,  some  popular  and  some  scientific  or 
technical. 

Alexander,  J.     Conquest  of  the  air.     New  York,  1902.      533 A27 
"  In  this  little  publication,  we  have  in  one  hundred  and  sixty  pages 
the  whole  history  of  the  subject."    (From  preface  by  Sir  H.  S.  Maxim.) 
Illus. 

Bacon,  G.     Balloons,  airships  and  flying  machines.    New  York 
and  London,  1905.  533B128 

A  brief  illustrated  history  of  aeronautics. 

Record  of  an  aeronaut.     London,  1907.        BB1284B 

Biography  of  Rev.  J.  M.  Bacon,  a  famous  English  aeronaut,  by  his 
daughter.  Illus. 

Bacon,  J.  M.     By  land  and  sky.     London,  1901.  533B12 

Ballooning  experiences  (day  and  night  ascensions)  and  scientific 
experiments  (meteorology  and  acoustics).  Highly  spoken  of  by  The 
Nation. 

Dominion  of  the  air:   being  the  story  of  aerial 

navigation.     London,  n.d.;  New  York,  1902. 

533B12D 
An  extremely  well-written  history  of  aeronautics. 

Cox  well,  H.    My  life  and  balloon  experiences.    London,  1887. 

BC879 

A  "gossipy  anecdotal"  autobiography  of  a  part  (1819-53)  of  the 
life  of  a  professional  English  aeronaut. 

Dyke,  A.  L.     Airships.     (In  his   Anatomy  of  the   automobile. 
St.  Louis,  1904.)  621.4D99 

Chiefly  devoted  to  accounts  of  Knabenshue's  flights  at  the  World's 
Fair,  St.  Louis,  1904,  with  illustrations. 

Fijnje  van  Salverda,  J.  G.  W.      Aerial  navigation.    Translated 

from  the  Dutch  by  G.  E.  Waring,  Jr.     New  York, 

1894.  •  533F47 

"A  comprehensive    summary,  mainly   in  a   popular   form,    of   the 

development  of  aerial  navigation." — Translator's  note. 


Glaisher,  J.,  and  others.     Travels  in  the  air.     2d  and  revised 

edition.     125  illustrations.     London,  1871.        533G54 

Part  I.,  accounts  of  Glaisher's  ascents  for  scientific  purposes;    part 

II.,  Flammarion's  accounts  of  his  ascents;  part  III.,  aerial  travels  of 

MM.  de  Fonvielle  and  Tissandier,  separately  and  jointly. 

Hall,  G.  B.     Balloon   ascension   at   midnight.  San  Francisco, 

1902.  533H17 

A    graphic    description    of    a    night    ascent    at  Paris.     Illus.   with 
silhouettes. 

Hartwig,  G.     Aerial  world:  a  popular  account  of  the  phenomena 
and  life  of  the  atmosphere.     1875.  551H33 

Has  chapters  on  aeronautics,  esp.  ballooning. 

Hildebrandt,  A.     Airships  past  and  present.     Translated  from 
the  German  by  W.  H.  Story.     N.  Y.,  1908.      533H64 
Deals  chiefly  with  balloons.     Illus. 

Lachambre,  H.,  and  Machuron,  A.     A.  Andre*e's  balloon  expedi- 
tion in  search  of  the  north  pole.     New  York,  1898. 

919.8L13 

Contains  brief  biography  of  explorer,  description  of  his  balloon  and 
accounts  of  his  two  expeditions  to  Spitzbergen.     Illus. 

Lougheed,  V.     Vehicles   of   the   air:    a   popular   exposition   of 
modern  aeronautics  with  working  drawings.     ci9O9. 

533L88 
Very  comprehensive;  well  illustrated. 

Marion,  F.     Wonderful  balloon  ascents,  or  the  conquest  of  the 
skies.     New  York,  1870.  533M34 

Interesting  history  of  ballooning.     [The  library  also  has  the  French 
original  of  this,  (I,es)  Ballons  et  les  voyages  a£riens.] 

Marshall,    A.    W.,    and    Greenly,   H.      Flying   machines,    past, 
present  and  future.     London,  1907.  533M36 

Illustrated  account  of  dirigible  balloons  and  flying  machines. 

Mason,  M.     Aeronautica,  or  sketches  illustrative  of  the  theory 
and  practice  of  aerostation.     London,  1838.     533M41 
Chiefly   devoted   to    an   account  of   a   famous  aerial    voyage  f?-om 
England    to    Germany,    and   to   an    "  analysis  of  the  phenomena  of 
aerostation."     "A  crude  literary  performance,  but  a  mine  of  informa- 
tion to  the  historian  of  aeronautics."      (Alexander,   Conquest  of  the 
Air.) 

Moffett,  C.     Balloonist.     (In  his  Careers  of  danger  and  daring. 

p.  87-129.     New  York,  1901.)  J910M69 

Balloons  described  and  ballooning  experiences  related,  for  children. 


Nadar.     See  TOURNACHON,  F. 

Powell,  B.  F.  S.  Baden-.  Ballooning  as  a  sport.  Edinburgh  & 
London,  1907.  533P88 

Experiences  of  an  amateur  balloonist.     Has  a  chapter  on  the  navi- 
gation of  the  balloon. 

Rotch,  A.  L.  Conquest  of  the  air;  or,  The  advent  of  aerial  navi- 
gation. Present  Day  Primers  series.  New  York, 
1909.  533R84 

A  concise  survey  of  the  entire  subject  by  the  professor  of  meteor- 
ology in  Harvard  University. 

Santos-Dumont,  A.     My  air-ships.     New  York,  1904.         533S23 
Interesting  account  of  the  construction  and  flights  of  his  dirigible 
balloons.     Fully  illustrated. 

Sazerac  de  Forge,  A.  F.  H.  L.  (L')Homme  s'envole;  le  passe",  le 
present  et  1'avenir  de  1'aviation.  Paris,  1909. 

F533S27 
Brief  popular  illus.  survey  of  aviation,  in  French. 

Tournachon,  F.    (Nadar,  pseud.)    A  terre  et  en  1'air.     Me*moires 

du  G£ant.     Paris,  1864.  F533T72 

An  exaggerated  account  in  French  of  the  two  ascents  of  "Nadar," 

a  Paris  photographer,  in  an  enormous  balloon   called    "  Le  G£ant." 

"  Nadar 's    ascents    had   not    the   remotest    connection    with   science, 

although  he  claimed  that  they  had." — Encyc.  Brit. 

Turner,  C.  C.  Aerial  navigation  of  to-day:  a  popular  account 
of  the  evolution  of  aeronautics.  London,  1910. 

533T94 

Compendious;  70  illustrations  and  diagrams;  glossaries  and  biblio- 
graphy. 

Turner,  C.  H.     Astra  castra.     Experiments  and  adventures  in 

the  atmosphere.     London,  1865.  Ref.533T95 

Large,  profusely  illustrated  book,  dealing  with  all  aspects  of  the 

subject  as  developed  up  to  his  time.     Full  bibliography.     "  Consists 

chiefly  of  extracts  from  other  works  and  writings,  and  it  is  useful  as 

affording  data  for  a  history  rather  than  as  a  history  itself." — Encyc.  Brit. 

Valentine,  E.  S.,  and  Tomlinson,  F.  L.  Travels  in  space.  New 
York,  1902.  533V15 

Historical  account,  mostly  of  spherical  ballooning.     Illus. 

Wise,  J.     System  of  aeronautics.     Philadelphia,  1850.    533W81 
"  Designed  as  a  history  for  the  common  reader  and  guide  to  the 
student  of  the  art." 

Through  the  air.     1873.  533W81T 


An  enlarged  edition  of  the  foregoing. 

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(b)  Scientific  and  Technical  Works. 

Several  of  the  books  listed  under  the  preceding  heading  contain 
more  or  less  scientific  or  technical  matter,  while  some  listed  here  are 
partly  popular. 

Berget,  A.     Conquest  of  the  air.    Lond.  &  N.  Y.,  1909.     533B49 
English  edition  of  a  work  by  a  Paris  professor.     Aims  to  be  "an 
introduction  to  the  study  of  aeronautics."      Deals  comprehensively 
with  dirigible  balloons  and  aeroplanes. 

Chanute,  O.     Progress  in  flying  machines,     n.  d.  (preface,  1894.) 

533C45 
Critical  discussion  of  principles  and  features  of  many  machines. 

Chatley,  H.     Problem  of  flight;  a  text-book  of  aerial  engineer- 
ing.    1907.  533C49 
Illustrations,  tables,  diagrams,  and  bibliography. 

Ferber,  F.     (I/) Aviation.     Pref.  1908.  F533F34 

A  French  artillery  captain's  story  of  his  and  other  inventions,  with 
theoretical  discussion  of  problems.  Many  illustrations. 

Graffigny,  R.  H.,  Marquis  de.  (Les)  Aeroplanes;  historique, 
calcul  et  construction.  Paris  [1909  ?]  F533G73 

Chief  forms  of  aeroplanes,  etc.,  described  and  their  principles,  con- 
struction, etc.,  and  the  laws  of  aviation  dealt  with  scientifically. 
Hearne, 

R.  P.     Aerial  warfare.     London  &  New  York,  1909. 

623H43 

Gives  technical  description  of  various  dirigible  balloons  and  aero- 
planes, chiefly  with  reference  to  their  use  in  war.  Illus. 

Lanchester,  F.  W.  Aerodynamics:  constituting  the  first  volume 
of  a  complete  work  on  aerial  flight.  London,  1907. 

533L24 

This  volume  and  the  next  form  a  comprehensive,  scientific  treat- 
ment of  flight,  natural  and  artificial,  mainly  on  non-mathematical 
lines.  First  volume  deals  with  theory  of  the  support  of  bodies  mov- 
ing in  air  and  resistance  of  bodies  in  motion  in  a  fluid;  second,  treats 
of  forms  of  natural  flight  path,  questions  of  equilibrium  and  stability, 
and  "soaring."  Numerous  diagrams,  formulae,  etc. 

- — Aerodonetics :  constituting  the  second  volume  of  a 

complete  work  on  aerial  flight.     London,  1908. 

533L24A 
See  preceding  volume. 

Hyatt,  T.  The  dragon  fly,  or  reactive  passive  locomotion.  A 
vacuum  theory  of  aerial  navigation,  etc.  London, 
1882.  533H99 

Explanation  of  a  theory  of  flight  advanced  by  the  author. 


Maxim,  Sir  H.  S.     Artificial  and  natural  flight.     London,  1908. 

533M464 

"  It  has  been  my  aim  ...  to  give  a  description  of  my  own  experi- 
mental work  and  explain  the  machinery  and  methods  that  have 
enabled  me  to  arrive  at  certain  conclusions  regarding  the  problem  of 
flight."  95  illustrations. 

May,  G.     Ballooning.     London,  1885.  533M46 

Brief  historical  and  technical  treatment  of  the  subject. 

Moedebeck,  H.  W.  L.,  and  others.     Pocket-book  of  aeronautics. 

Translated  by  W.  M.  Varley.     London,  1907.  533M69 

A  very  comprehensive,  practical  hand-book,  treating  of  all  phases 

of  the  subject  and  provided  with  numerous  illustrations,  diagrams, 

tables,  etc.     "It  is  without  doubt  the  best  book  that  has  appeared 

on  the  subiect." — Aeronautical  Journal. 

Newcomb,  S.     Outlook  for  the  flying  machine.     (In  his  Side- 
lights on  astronomy.     New  York,  1906.)         520N53S 
The  impossibility  of  constructing  a  practical  machine  by  which  men 
shall    fly    long    distances   seemed    to    the   writer    to    be    completely 
demonstrated. 

Pettigrew,  J.  B.     Animal  locomotion.     International  Scientific 

Series.     New  York,  1874.  591P51 

Has  a  chapter  treating  of  the  flight  of  insects,  bats  and  birds,  and 

a  dissertation  on   aeronautics  dealing  especially  with  the  subject  of 

artificial  wings. 

V.,  G.     (La)  Navigation  aerie*nne.     1908.  F533V1 

A  French  artillery  captain's  brief  treatment  of  dirigible  balloons, 
aeroplanes,  etc.,  with  diagrams. 

Walker,  F.     Aerial  navigation.     New  York,  1902.  533W17 

"A  practical  hand-book  on  the  construction  of  dirigible  balloons, 
aerostats,  aeroplanes  and  aeromotors." 

(c]  Fiction. 

Kipling,  R.  With  the  night  mail,  a  story  ol  2000  A.D.  New 
York,  1909.  A  reprint  of  a  story  originally  published 
in  McClure^s  Magazine,  1905. 

A  characteristic  account  of  a  trip  on  a  night  postal  packet  airship 
from  I/ondon  to  Quebec. 

Stifter,  A.  The  balloon  ascent.  (In  Zimmern,  H.,  and  Zimmern, 
A.,  ed.  Half-hours  with  foreign  novelists,  v.  i.) 

Z76H 

A  short  tale  giving  a  graphic  description  of  an  ascent  at  early  dawn . 
The  author  was  an  Austrian  novelist  (1806-68). 


Verne,  Jules.     Five  weeks  in  a  balloon.     Translation.        V531F 
Story  of  the  adventures  of  three  persons  in  an  aerial  voyage  over 
Africa  in  a  sort  of  double  balloon. 


Hector  Servadac.     Translation.  V531H 

The  characters  of  the  story  escape  from  a  comet,  a  fragment  of  the 
earth,  in  a  balloon. 

Wells,  H.  G.     War  in  the  air,  and  particularly  how  Mr.  Bert 

Smallways  fared  while  it  lasted.     New  York,  1908. 
A  war  carried  on  by   means  of   airships  becomes  worldwide   and 
causes  a  general  collapse  of  civilization.     New  York  is  destroyed  by  a 
fleet  of  German  airships,  on  one  of  which  Smallways,  the  narrator  of 
the  story,  is  an  unwilling  prisoner. 


III.    REFERENCES  TO  PERIODICALS,  1905-08. 

Poole's  index  may  be  consulted  for  earlier  articles,  the  Readers' 
guide  for  later  ones. 

Bell,  A.  G.     Aerial   locomotion.      National  Geographic  Mag., 

v.  18:  1-34  (Janv  '07)- 

Chiefly  an  account,  illustrated,  of  the  experiments  of  Lillienthal, 
Langley,  and  the  Wrights,  and  of  his  own  experiments  with  tetra- 
hedral  kites. 

Bronson,  E.  B.     An  aerial  bivouac.     American  Mag.,  v.  64: 

624-33  (Oct.,  '07). 

The  last  survivor's  story  of  a  26  hours'  trip  in  the  balloon  "Bar- 
num  "  in  1874. 

Bryan,  G.  H.     Progress  in   aviation.      Nature,  v.  78:   668-72 

(Oct.  29/08). 

Chronicles  recent  achievements  and  summarizes  the  discussions  of 
the  problems  connected  with  flight  by  various  writers  of  books  and 
periodical  articles. 

Campello  della  Spina,  Countess  di.  Ballooning  by  moonlight. 
Century  Mag.,  v.  74:  3-9  (May, '07). 

Spirited  illustrated  account  of  a  night  trip  over  the  Apennines. 

Casson,  H.  N.     At   last   we   can  fly.     American  Mag.,  v.  63: 

616-24  (April/07). 
Popular  illustrated  article  on  Wright  brothers'  achievements. 

Chanute,  O.  Aerial  navigation.  Smithsonian  Institution  Re- 
port, 1903:  173-81. 

Sketches  advances  in  ballooning  beginning  with  motor  balloons,  and 
recent  experiments  with  flying  machines. 

Clayton,  H.  H.  Record-breaking  balloon  voyage.  Atlantic 
Monthly,  v.  101:  361-71  (Mar./o8). 

A  graphic  account  of  the  voyage  of  the  "  Pornmern  "  from  St.  Louis 
to  Asbury  Park  in  the  international  balloon  contest  of  1907. 

Gilbert,  B.  S.  Coming  of  the  flying  machine.  Living  Age,  v. 
253:  218-28  (April  27,  '07);  reprinted  from  Monthly 
Rev. 

Discusses  the  types  of  machines;  the  highway;  war;  and  the  wider 
view. 


Guy,  G.  H.     Real  navigation  of  the  air.     Review  of  Reviews, 
v.  38:  310-22  (Sept., '08). 


of  aeronautics. 

Hersey,  H.  B.     Experiences  in  the  sky.     Century  Mag.,  v.  75: 

643-55  (Mar., '08). 

Describes  some  of  his  ascents,  especially  those  with  I/ieut.  Lahrn  in 
the  Paris  and  St.  Louis  international  balloon  races. 

Rowland,  H.  J.  Sons  of  Daedalus.  Outlook,  v.  90:  153-69 
(Sept.  26/08). 

Sketches  recent  developments  in  ballooning  and  describes  the  vari- 
ous flying  machines.  Illustrated,  especially  with  pictures  of  flights. 

KaempfFert,  W.  Problem  of  air  flight.  Cosmopolitan,  v.  43: 
583-95  (Oct./oy). 

Illus.  article  on  dirigible  balloons  and  flying  machines.  Notices 
especially  I/angley's  and  Bell's  experiments. 

Lahm,  F.  P.     Ballooning  and  aerial  navigation.     Outing,  v.  51 : 

34-43  (Oct./oy). 

Deals  with  the  sport  of  ballooning,  especially  as  practiced  in  France. 
Illus.  from  photographs  by  the  author,  who  took  part  in  the  interna- 
tional balloon  races  at  Paris  and  St.  Louis. 

Langley,  S.  P.  Experiments  with  the  Langley  aerodrome. 
Popular  Science  Monthly,  v.  73:  462-74  (Nov./o8). 

Designed  to  correct  misapprehensions  derived  from  newspaper 
accounts. 

Loomis,  C.   B.     Next   craze.      Century  Mag.,    v.    74:    346-48 

(July/07). 

Humorous  portrayal  of  the  dangerous  conditions  which  will  prevail 
when  aerial  navigation  is  well  established. 

Meiklejohn,  B.      Conquest   of  the   air.      World's  Work,   v.   13' 

8283-96  (Dec./o6). 
Finely  illus.  article,  sketching  history  of  aerial  navigation. 

Moffett,  C.  Winning  the  first  international  balloon  race. 
McClure's  Mag.,  v.  29:  637-48  (Oct. ,'07). 

Account  of  Lieut.  Lahm's  victoiious  flight  of  410  miles  in  the  bal- 
loon "  United  States,"  from  Paris  in  1906.  Illus. 

Newcomb,  S.  Problem  of  aerial  navigation.  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury, v.  64:  430-42  (Sept./o8);  Living  Age,  v.  259- 
195-205  (Oct.  24/08). 

He  believed  that  the  physical  difficulties  in  the  way  of  aerial  navi- 
gation's ever  becoming  of  any  practical  use  are  insuperable. 


Prospect  of  aerial  navigation.     North  Amer.  Rev., 

v.  187:  337-47  (Mar., '08). 

Another  article  of  the  same  tenor  as  the  preceding. 

Palmer,  F.  For  the  honor  of  the  balloon  corps.  Scribner's 
Mag.,  v.  43:  131-37  (Feb., '08). 

Story  of  a  lieutenant  who  informs  his  army  by  a  wireless  message 
from  a  balloon  of  the  position,  etc.,  of  the  enemy,  and  is  mortally 
wounded  when  descending  in  a  parachute. 

Powell,  B.  Baden-.  Advent  of  the  flying  machine.  Living 
Age,  v.  249:  629-31  (June  9/06);  reprinted  from 
National  Rev. 

Tells  of  recent  notable  steps  in  aerial  navigation  and  glimpses  at 
the  changed  conditions  its  establishment  will  produce. 

Air-ships  and  M.  Santos-Dumont.     Fortnightly  Rev., 

v.  83:  946-50  (May/os);  Living  Age,  v.  245:  786-90 
(June  24/05). 

Criticises  views  of  Santos-Dumont  as  to  future  of  motor  ballooning; 
believes  flying  machine  more  promising. 

Problem  of  aerial  navigation.     Nineteenth  Century, 

v.  64.  777-85  (Nov./o8). 

Reply  to  Newcomb.  Takes  "  diametrically  opposite  view";  thinks 
aerial  navigation  will  become  of  considerable  practical  use  in  peace 
and  war, 

Rolker,  A.  W.     Sky  sailing,  the  new  sport    American  Mag.,  v. 

63:  65-72  (Nov./o6). 
Ballooning  and  its  sensations  described. 

Santos-Dumont,  A.  Future  of  air-ships.  Fortnighly  Rev.,  v. 
83:  442-54  (March, '05);  Living  Age,  v.  245:  129-38 
(April  15/05). 

An  enthusiastically  sanguine  view  of  the  future  of  motor  ballooning. 
Replied  to  by  Baden-Powell. 

— Pleasures  of  ballooning.     Independent,  v.  58:  1225- 

32  (June  1/05). 

Describes  a  number  of  his  ascensions  and  the  different  sensations  of 
the  spherical  balloonist  and  the  dirigible  balloonist. 

Stedman,  E.  C.  Prince  of  the  power  of  the  air:  aerial  naviga- 
tion a  menace  to  British  supremacy.  Century  Mag., 
v.  76:  18-26  (May/o8). 

The  author  recalls  the  prophecies  made  by  him  in  an  article,  "Aerial 
navigation  (a  priori),"  published  in  1879,  and  believes  them  to  be 
coming  true.  He  thinks  Great  Britain  to  be  most  vitally  affected  by 
the  progress  in  aeronautics,  because  of  the  passing  of  the  sea  power. 

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Thomas,  J.  P.     Perils   and   pleasures   of   ballooning.      Cosmo- 
politan, v.  42:   179-87  (Dec./o6). 
Experiences  of  an  amateur  aeronaut.     Illus. 

Todd,  F.     Airship   is  here.      World's   Work,  v.   16:    10659-80 
(Sept., '08). 

Illustrated  article  describing  the  construction  and  operation  of  the 
various  aeroplanes,  dirigible  balloons,,  helicopters,  etc. 

Man  in  the   air.      World's   Work,  v.  16:    10802-19 

(Oct., '08). 

Details  personal  experiences  of  Wrights,  Farman,  Curtiss,  Baldwin, 
and  others;  explains  different  kinds  of  aircraft;  tells  the  Wrights' 
story  of  how  they  learned  to  fly.  Illus. 

What  war  will  be  with  flying  machines.      Worlds 

Work,  v.  17:  10911-22  (Nov., '08). 

Military  experts  expect  fighting  methods  to  be  revolutionized  and 
are  making  plans  for  meeting  the  changed  conditions.  Illus. 

Turner,  G.  K.     Men  who  learned  to  fly.     McClure^s  Mag.,  v. 
30:  443-52  (Feb., '08). 

"The  Wright  brothers'  story  of  their  experiments,  the  sensations  of 
flight,  and  their  estimate  of  the  future  of  the  aeroplane."  Illus. 

Wright,  O.  &  W.     The  Wright  brothers'  aeroplane.     Century 

Mag.,  v.  76:  641-50  (Sept., '08). 

Popular  account  of  their  experiments  prepared  by  the  inventors, 
with  pictures  from  photographs  supplied  by  them.  Tells  of  manner  in 
which  results  were  attained. 

Zeppelin,  Count.     Practical  use   of   airships.     Independent,  v. 

65:  637-9  (Sept.  17/08). 

He  believes  airships  will  be  of  great  use  in  war  and  in  traveling 
over  land. 


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